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This week, InSight Crime publishes its seven-part deep dive into the corrupt networks controlling Guatemala’s general elections. We explore how political elites have used their influence in the courts to block leading opposition candidates from appearing on the ballots and detail how organized crime has seeped into Guatemala’s political and judicial institutions.

Also this week, a women’ ([link removed]) s prison in Honduras suffered a massacre ([link removed]) leaving at least 48 prisoners killed in fighting between MS13 and Barrio 18. The attack was the deadliest ever in a women’s prison in Latin America. Elsewhere in the region, Bolivia still lacks the radar capacity ([link removed]) it needs to stop cocaine traffickers after seven years and $215 million invested. And in El Salvador, the acquittal of an MS13 leader ([link removed]) clashes with the government’s tough-on-crime stance.


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** Power, Impunity, and the 2023 Guatemala Elections ([link removed])
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Guatemala heads to the polls on June 25 for an election overshadowed by rampant corruption and impunity. The current administration leaves behind a virtual monopoly on state institutions, while all of the leading candidates have direct or indirect ties to the country’s corrupt establishment.

The prospects for change are increasingly bleak, as elite corruption networks have leveraged their control of the court system to disqualify rival candidates on dubious grounds.

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** Massacre in Honduran Women's Prison: A Tragedy Foretold ([link removed])
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The recent murder of dozens of women in Honduras' only all-female prison took place in a context of growing gang tensions that had ...

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** Why Bolivia’s $215 Million Radars Are Not Targeting Drug Flights ([link removed])
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Nearly seven years after Bolivia spent $215 million on radars to help fight drug trafficking, legal obstacles and a lack of resources continue to ...

Acquittal of Top MS13 Leader Weakens El Salvador’s Anti-Gang Rhetoric ([link removed])
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Guatemala: An Election Enshrined in Impunity ([link removed])
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Guatemala Elections: A Blurry Line Between Politics and Drugs ([link removed])
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Q&A: Latin American Children With Parents in Prison Get No Support ([link removed])


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InSight Crime’s look into Latin America’s Homicide Hotspots has sparked debate across Latin America. The article has been cited in the Mexican outlet Eje Central ([link removed]) , and republished in Sin Embargo ([link removed]) and La Voz de Michoacán ([link removed]) . It was cited by Expreso ([link removed]) and Noticias Equinoccio ([link removed]) in Ecuador, and it has been cited in other outlets, such as Venezuela’s TeleSur ([link removed]) and Noticias del Mundo
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Also this week, our analysis of the Venezuelan government’s common scapegoat, Tancol, has been picked up by local newspapers, El Nacional ([link removed]) and La Patilla ([link removed]) .

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Profiles of some of the notable criminal personalities and groups that have marked this week.

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** MS13
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The Mara Salvatrucha, or MS13, is perhaps the most notorious street gang in the Western Hemisphere. While it has its ...
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** Barrio 18
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The 18th Street Gang, also known as Barrio 18, is one of the largest youth gangs in the Western Hemisphere, much like its ...


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